Chevron Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 How do you view layout? Scenery with track running through it ? Track with Scenery placed around it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EPBrophy Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Track with scenery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I'm the odd one out: a bit of both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Kirley Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 One is as important as the other, they should complement each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Warbonnet Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 My eyes?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chevron Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 My eyes?? The price is right - COME on DOOOOOOWN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Irishrailwayman Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Track running through (and fitting in with) scenery (with a specific context) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 richrua Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 If you look at this amazing layout you see the importance of both fitting together. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1102-Patricks-Layout/page36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chevron Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 That to me is Option 2: Track with Scenery placed around it Its all about the track and just line side scenery. no big town with multiple streets behind the railway. And that is a great example of both rail with scenery around it and of them blending together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 burnthebox Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Track with scenery around it, of course, you can almost do without the scenery, but the Track is what's it's all about, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Noel Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Horses for courses. For some it will be authentic scenery through which railways run, for others it will be more about trains on the move and track work accompanied by scenery. Both equally valid preferences. Many middle to older members may have been introduced to the hobby as youngsters with 'table top' model railways where designing and plugging different track formations together almost like meccano was as much part of the hobby as running trains, or adding scenic accessories to enhance the 'imagination'. Others may have evolved or were drawn by the challenge of incredible modelling skills to represent authentic scale scenes. Reading 'Railway Modeller' mag 30-40 years ago inspired many by showing what was possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chevron Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Horses for courses. For some it will be authentic scenery through which railways run, for others it will be more about trains on the move and track work accompanied by scenery. Both equally valid preferences. Many middle to older members may have been introduced to the hobby as youngsters with 'table top' model railways where designing and plugging different track formations together almost like meccano was as much part of the hobby as running trains, or adding scenic accessories to enhance the 'imagination'. Others may have evolved or were drawn by the challenge of incredible modelling skills to represent authentic scale scenes. Reading 'Railway Modeller' mag 30-40 years ago inspired many by showing what was possible. Totally agree Noel it is horses for course's of course that's why i was just curious. I dont have the ability to do highly detailed modelling. Some like end to ends some like tail chasers everything about this hobby is so different but yet still the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Warbonnet Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 The only way you develop skills is by practicing. Read and watch some tutorials, give them a go. If they dont work, learn from where you went wrong and try again. You dont have to become a master, just happy with your efforts and have the desire to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chevron Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 The only way you develop skills is by practicing. Read and watch some tutorials, give them a go. If they dont work, learn from where you went wrong and try again. You dont have to become a master, just happy with your efforts and have the desire to improve. Correct. I never had the tools and materials to practice but since i have dealt with jhb171achill i now have rolling stock and paints to start. but it always feels like i need to be buying more. Need platicard - need card for card building -need colour ink for printer need an air brush to get the results id love most. Need to find that hard foam for layout building - need scenic materials apart from the 2 or 3 that i have. Its a never ending list that gets bigger the more i practice lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 patrick Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the nice comments on the layout which have appeared on this thread. The layout reflects current US layout design trends, high level narrow benchwork and walk around control where operators follows their train using hand held throttles. In the photo below the benchwork at the front of the locomotive is 16" wide approximately and the track level is 58" above the floor. The backdrop although very basic rised above eye leven and makes the scene appear much deeper than it actually is. Very little scenrry is modelled outside of the railway right of way and outside of railway buildings none are planned at present. This saves space, time and scenic material which can get expensive when large areas must be covered. The next photo is taken at a higher level, reflecting track level of approxomatly48". The scene is nowhere as expansive and the curve appears much sharper. To see first hand the effectiveness of high level narrow benchwork set up a few pieces of track, some rolling stock and a building or two on any convient high shelf at home. The corners are the widest part of the layout, 22" at this point. Edited April 7, 2015 by patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Weshty Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 N'arrrgh!! It's just flippin' lovely Central median grass strip and all. That must be the vet's car..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chevron Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thank you very much for that patrick . it was a great explanation i love when people explain things just like that. also gives food for thought. but i know its not just the level its at. you have a certain skill that blends your scenery rails and stock altogether that is VERY pleasing to the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 David Holman Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Whatever works for you is my thought. It is your layout so do what works for you. However, always remember what my art teacher said, which is " draw/paint what you see, not what you think". Didn't like Picasso then! Any takers for a cubist layout??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 patrick Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) I recall members of a club I was once belonged to who were passionate scenery builders and may have had no inetrest in railways. It didnt matter where anyone placed a figure or vehicle they would always find a more natural position for it and the layout was better for them. Edited April 7, 2015 by patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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